News reports first featured on Zusammengebaut indicate that the Nexo Knights line will be discontinued:

"At the Toy Fair, we were told what has been speculated for weeks: there will not be a sixth wave of LEGO Nexo Knights in the summer.
Say: The most recent six sets will be the last and the product cycle has been shortened by half a year.

At the press conference, Frédéric Lehmann, Managing Director of LEGO GmbH, once again emphasized the importance of the digital component, mentioning the Nexo Knights app.
Probably one last time. The knights of the future move on: A quiet farewell."

We at Classic-Castle are happy to celebrate our fifteenth annual Colossal Castle Contest by giving away the largest LEGO Castle set of all time, 71040 Disney Castle!

This grand prize will be awarded to the builder who enters 6 or more categories and has the highest score when their top six creation scores are averaged.
The winner will also be granted the title of master builder for the next year!

The CC Team is proud to announce our fourteenth annual building contest: The Colossal Castle Contest XV.
It will begin on November 1st and end on December 31st, 2017.

This contest is a bit different than other contests.
We have a variety of categories each with one prize for the winner.
Some categories require small creations and others need larger ones.
Everyone, even with a limited supply of bricks, should be able to enter several categories.
We are looking for creativity, not who has the most LEGO.

500 years ago today Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of Schlosskirche (Castle Church, aka All Saints Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. What began as simply an academic debate over the sale of indulgences soon led to huge changes that reshaped both the spiritual and political map of Europe. Several years ago former forum regular Jojo posted his LEGO rendition here at Schlosseclassic. The links are all dead in that thread as he has since migrated from Brickshelf to Flickr, but you can find several scenes by Jojo depicting the life of Luther in this Flickr folder. I linked other Reformation-themed MOCs in this forum thread. Check them out and add your own, or ones you've found around the Legoverse.

Paul Janssen created a giant version of the beloved Yellow Castle.
It is now displayed at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
They are running a eight month LEGO celebration called Build it.
Check out the yellow castle on Flickr and then discuss it here.

Happy Fourth. Celebrate today by posting your favorite castle / Star Wars MOC (either your own or one you found online) in this thread in our forum. For instance, see this Jar Jar catapult by dr_spock_888.

Another great castle building contest is also underway. The 2017 Middle Earth LEGO Olympics can be found on MOCpages. Round 1 actually started a week ago, but since the deadline is May 21 you have plenty of time to enter. For round 1 you have to build a MOC based on a poem or song from anywhere in Tolkien's Middle Earth work. I'm hoping to see some really deep cuts, like something found in the 8th volume of the History of Middle Earth series. The top 32 entries from round one will then go into a five round single elimination tournament, with head-to-head matchups based on assigned themes. As with the Summer Joust, I hope to see lots of CC participation. When you do enter, be sure to post your entries in our Castle MOC Forum.

Get out your bricks and start building. It's time for Summer Joust 2017. This contest, administered by Isaac Snyder and a team of other FOLs, can by found in the Summer Joust 2017 Flickr group. That's where you will find all of the rules, discuss the categories, and post your entries. There are six categories to challenge you and great prizes to win. I fully expect Classic-Castlers to make a grat showing in this contest. When you do enter, be sure to post your entries in our Castle MOC Forum.

Have you ever noticed that on Twitter, everything is National Something Day? Well, today is National Unicorn Day. A few years ago Sean and Steph Mayo made this Amythyst Unicorn for Eilonwy. AlbertU built this unicorn. Monsterbrick made this coat of arms. Of course there's the Unicorn Girl CMF. Brick Blue Wren built a sculpture of it and her husband built some other CMFs. Share your favorite LEGO unicorn in our forum.

This is actually a repeat of a previous front page feature. Last year David FNJ built his Cordington Courtyard as part of the Ye Olde Merry Battleground group display at BrickFair VA. Now he's uploaded a video showing a time-lapsed view of its construction and discussing many of the build details. You can see this along with all of David FNJ's MOCs on Flickr and on YouTube, and then discuss it in our forum.

It's almost time for the Middle Earth LEGO Olympics (MELO) 2017. This is an annual Tolkien-themed contest held over on MOCpages. Check out the contest details and discuss it in our forum. I'd encourage everyone to participate, and if you do, remember to also post your entries in our Castle MOCs forum.

Heavily armored knights are one of the easiest things to translate to space, as with a few modifications they become amazing hardsuits. Here are some great examples, from left to right, by Logan Thyr, Dan Rubin, Giyeol Choi, and Zeesi.

Join the Spacey Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our laser-catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 70327 The King's Mech.

This 2016 set was the first to include King Halbert. The left hand of the mecha detaches to become a separate fighter. There's an extensive review of this set on Brickset.

Join the Spacey Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our laser-catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 70357 Knighton Castle.

Knighton Castle is part of the 2017 wave of Nexo Knights sets. It's the biggest set yet in the theme with 1426 pieces. Finally, our heroes have a home worthy of their fame that doesn't have to roll around all the time.

It's time to stop living in the past. Nexo Knights, Ninjago, the writing is on the wall. Let's face the futue and change up this site to focus on Spastle - Space/Castle mashups. For examples look to this spastle MOC thread, various NexoMOCs, this seed part challenge or our Castle Goes to Space contest from a few years ago.

Have you ever noticed that on Twitter, every day is the official something day? Today claims to be #Tolkienreadingday, and so I thought I'd post something appropriate. Rather than just do something from Middle Earth, I figured I'd focus on an actual book MOC, Patrick B's rendition of Bilbo's Book from a few years ago. Share your favorite book-based MOC in our forum. BTW, follow @Classic_Castle on Twitter for MOCs as well as website and other LEGO Castle news.

LEGO 7 built this imposing and highly poseable Cyclops. Check this out with a lot of creatures, robots, and other articulated figures, as well as other MOCs, on Flickr, and then discuss it in our forum.

The Marchitecture contest over on Flickr challenges builders to come up with microscale version of real buildings and skylines. Soccerkid6 shows us how it's done with his Château de Chenonceau, based on the French Château built on the River Cher in the 1500's. Check this out along with all of his (and LittleJohn's) MOCs on their site, Brickbuilt, and then discuss this great micro-MOC in our forum. And now it's your turn. What other castle can you turn into an Architecture-scale MOC?

We are extremely pleased to announce the Colossal Castle Contest XIV Master Builder. The Master Builder recognizes the individual who creates the greatest overall body of work in this year's contest. As with every year, there are several who stand out, including (in alphabetical order) Disco86, LittleJohn, Mark of Falworth, and soccerkid6. In the end, though, there can be only one. This year's Master Builder title goes to ... LittleJohn! Be sure to check out his entries and then congratulate him, and all of the great builders this year in our forum.

Harry Russell, known as Karrde in our forum, has been working on his Ravenhill Castle for the past couple of years in between other projects. This can be seen along with his other work on Flickr, and you have also seen his work as part of the Brick to the Past collaborations. Check it all out and then discuss this castle in our forum.

Very sad to note the passing of Carrie Fisher, actress, screenwriter, author, best known to all of us in the iconic role of Princess Leia. Fisher suffered a heart attack four days ago and passed away this morning.

The CC Team is proud to announce our fourteenth annual building contest: The Colossal Castle Contest XIV.
It will begin on November 1st and end on December 31st, 2016.

This contest is a bit different than other contests.
We have a variety of categories each with one prize for the winner.
Some categories require small creations and others need larger ones.
Everyone, even with a limited supply of bricks, should be able to enter several categories.
We are looking for creativity, not who has the most LEGO.

At 3x4 baseplates, Toltomeja's latest MOC, Toltobury Wharf, is an amazing layout. You simply must click through to the folder to see all of the details. Be sure to give feedback on this great scene in our forum.

On this day 950 years ago, the forces of William the Conqueror were victorious in the Battle of Hastings. This battle was depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, a fragment of which is recreated here in LEGO form by Nathan Sawaya. Nathan is perhaps the best known LEGO builder to the general non-AFOL public, as his works have been shown at museums around the world, such as this installation of his Art of the Brick show photographed by Tom Alphin in Seattle earlier this year. Check it all out and then discuss it in our forum.

It's Hobbit Day! September 22 is the date of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins' birthdays (though 78 years apart), and also the date of the Long Expected Party that comes at the start of the Lord of the Rings. A few years ago Jonas Kramm built this Hobbiton scene, including party preparations. Check this out along with all of Jonas' work on Flickr and then discuss it in our forum.

The Colossal Battle Contest is in full swing in the LEGO War group over on Flickr. Categories exist for "epic siege", "ultimate battle", and "final duel", with lots of great prizes. The deadline is fast approaching (September 30), so you should get building. It's not exclusively castle, but most of the organizers and participants are well known castle builders.

Such a nice peaceful little hamlet by Tim Goddard. Everyone is waking up and getting about the day's business. Little do they know what's coming ...

The Bricks to the Past builders are known for epic collaborations. I'm excited to see what they reveal at the Great Western Brick Show in a couple of weeks. From Tim's hints, I don't think it will be so peaceful.

Fairy tales count as "castle", right? Toys R Us stores in the United States are having two in-store building events this month. Build and take home Cogworth tomorrow (Saturday the 17th) and Lumière next week (Saturday the 24th). Unfortunately those in the rest of the world this appears to be US-only, but check your local Toys R Us. In Australia there's a Nexo Knights build on the 24th, for instance. News found via FBTB. If you attend, be sure to take some pictures and share them in our forum.

May I have the envelope please? Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to present the winner of the Flag of your Kingdom contest. Drumroll please. Congratulations to Elephant Knight for winning with the Kingdom of Octan. You can check this out along with all of EK's MOCs on Flickr and then discuss it in our forum.

Meet Sir Falcon d'Black. Who is he, you ask? He's the hero of the Classic Castle Progressive Vigstory. What's he up to, you ask? Well, that's up to you. Dig a Falcon out of your collection and build a vignette, a small scene on an 8x8 or 10x10 footprint, and add to the Classic Castle Progressive Vigstory.

The existing Great Wall of China was mostly built during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, as protection against invasion from nomadic groups living to the north. Here Andy Hung and Iki Lai depict a section near Beijing. Yes, look closer, that's a LEGO mosaic. Andy and Iki are members of the Hong Kong LEGO group LegendBricks. You can see all of Andy's MOCs on Flickr and then discuss this mosaic in our forum.

Qar Riwa is a fortress located along one of the tributaries of the Qar-Arkhan River in southeast Kaliphlin, An ancient and weathered fortress originally under the control of the Desert King, he has allowed High Council soldiers to take over manning it. In the past, it was a outpost along the frontier of the Desert King's empire, but these days, it's main purpose is to guard and maintain the integrity of a spring that sits farther up the canyon, which serves as the start of the tributary. The waters provide irrigation to a few small villages nearby, which in turn serve as reliable rest stations in the vast sea of sand.

350 years ago today a fire started in the bakery of Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane in London. It quickly spread, and over four days it gutted much of medieveal London, destroying between eighty and ninety percent of the homes. James Pegrum, aka Peggyjdb in our forum, depicted the fire as part of his History of Britain series of MOCs. Check this out along with all of James' work on Flickr and then discuss it in our forum.